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[–] 8 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Most don't know that we have an ozone layer let alone that there is a hole in it.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    One of my coworkers insists that the hole in the ozone layer is an iris that expands and contracts for regulation. When I asked him what it was regulating, he just shrugged and gave a look that said "I don't know, you tell me"

    He also claimed that believing that humans were capable of changing the global climate was pure hubris, despite the USSR deleting the Caspian sea decades ago.

    And he thinks the wind turbines that have been installed in the past 10 years are making tornadoes worse, contradicting his claims that humans can't change the climate

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I think your coworker may be a lost cause, do you think you could convince him that anti-freeze and turpentine will make him see god?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Engineering a death by misadventure doesn't seem ethical to me

    Just wait for the people he follows on the internet to tell him

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    in a situation in which harm increase over time, like the rise of far right, anti-science, environmental damage, etc… perhaps that “wait” is a less ethical solution than to solve the problem

    now, perhaps causing harm isn’t the way to go, but… the lesser of 2 evils may still be somewhat problematic

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago

    “For regulation” is a pretty weird take, but it is self regulating (in the absence of pollution from humans). When the ozone layer is thin, more UV gets through from the sun. UV from the sun ionizes O2 and splits it apart, creating oxygen free radicals which recombine and create ozone. Thus, less ozone leads to more ozone, hence self-regulation.

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